Warbird Information Exchange

All things are possible..

Grumman Goose in a lake. Sounds interesting. I'm curious about that one. As for removing it, depending when it crashed and if it has any significant "historical value" then there may be difficulties, but otherwise it shouldn't be hard. Nobodies going to worry too much about a Goose, I don't think.

PM if you'd like to chat more on that.

-David

This thread and the mention of the Goose in Canada got me thinking some more...

Whether or not the Goose was a US Navy plane, I'm curious to know the status of any US Navy airplane that crashed and/or was lost outside of the United States.

Say, a Corsair in Australian waters, or a Wildcat in Canadian Waters... Does it matter where the airplane is located when it comes to the Navy restricting their recovery?

In places like Canada where after the 1960's (or so) all war materials left in Canada then became the property of the Canadian government. Does the Navy thing still take precedent over the 1960's agreement.

I guess the best place this would be the case is in the South Pacific where the islands down there, as far as I know, have title over the war materials that are located on their land and in their waters.

So... can someone fill me in?

Thanks,

David

The US Navy will dispute it and claim it and tell you to stay the heck away from it regardless. Anytime-anywhere- they will fight you over it. Just because they can.

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